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There's an origami convention convention underway in Japan this weekend, with some truly impressive pieces on display. There's an AP story, but words don't do it justice. See the personal site of one of the professional paper-folders, or photos taken at a previous convention, or just discover the essence of origami.
I've already wagered too much and, besides, I have a good hand.
Oh wait, that's not what you meant.
I mean I can't because I'm out of Spice.
No? Just forget it. I need to go check on my laundry.
When my son was born last year, he looked the same. 25th week of pregnancy, 720gramm weight at birth, soon dropped down to 540gramm (had lots of water in his body). He really looked like that little baby in the picture. I literally could cover him with my hand.
After 5 month of beeing in the hospital we were allowed to take him home. He now is 7.5kilos and is completely fine besides one eye on which he has -8 dioptrin.
You've got no idea what a difference it is when you can pray to god! We have more than once seen our son be more dead than alive and the only thing that helped him as praying.
Greetings
Gunnar
not centuries of scientific development that led to modern medicine
No, definitely not. More than once the doctors told us that they didn't know what to do anymore. Scientific development shure had it's place. But nevertheless it wasn't enough. The doctors themselve told us afterwards, that they didn't belive our son would make it. They themselve called it a miracle.
And doubtless, some of those parents whose babies have died were more religious than you and prayed more often.
Might be true and I don't question it. My parents had a 4 year old doughter which died at leukemia. And they definitely prayed a lot. So what shall I say? My wife and I saw a couple of children die during that time. Again, what shall I say? The only thing I can say is about my experiences with what happened to my son.